Package: libc6 Version: 2.6.1-1+b1 I'm convinced this is an upstream bug, but the glibc upstream bug reporting page is about as snarly as any I've ever seen, and insist I report it to you instead.
Here's a test program: #include <netinet/ether.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/mman.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> int main(void) { struct ether_addr addr; char hostname[1024]; int fd = open("ethers", O_RDONLY); const char *ethers = mmap(NULL, 100000, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0); ether_line(ethers, &addr, hostname); printf("%s\n", hostname); return 0; } And here's the data file (ie "ethers") I run it against: 00:16:35:4b:ca:eb charming 00:30:6e:1b:6f:2c fozzie 00:30:6e:38:2a:29 rowlf 00:30:6e:1e:6e:65 animal # honeydew wireless (HP 11b card) 00:02:2d:1d:d7:f2 honeydew-wb # honeydew wireless (3com 11g card) 00:12:a9:d1:8b:1f honeydew-wg # honeydew tethered 08:00:46:77:c2:53 honeydew Here's what MacOS X prints: charming Here's what glibc prints: charming 00:30:6e:1b:6f:2c fozzie 00:30:6e:38:2a:29 rowlf 00:30:6e:1e:6e:65 animal Clearly it stops at the first #, not at the end of line. This is a severe bug as it can lead to overrunning the 'hostname' buffer. -- Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]